Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ ."'" e, .... '" '" ..... . ::;: ~ w Z W ..J U > U aJI~1 I ••• A m erica 's Number 1 weekly motorcycle newspaper. You 'll always see it first in Cycle News MOTOR~~rgt1f I NDU ST RY [Mfi ) l:;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;O;;;U;;N~C~ C;;; 'L ~ ... FR IEND L Y D ESERT FOL KS. Our fami ly attended the Four Aces ' Mo ose Ru n , February 20 . During the race my h usband was injured . As he was tryi ng to ge t b ack to th e pit area, a man and his fam ily ca me to his aid . They gave him water and a rid e b ack to th e fin ish wh er e a clu b member was ab le t o return him t o o ur pit. My husband had t o leave h is bik e along the h ighway because. it was damaged . Wh en we wen t ou t to get it we fou nd th e same p eople b y the road waiting fo r us. T hey helped load the b ike and were very co ncerned about m y husband. We are very gra teful to Mr . an d Mrs. Dennis Davison fro m Bloomington, Cali fornia fo r t h eir help since t hey were jus t passing b y. C ECLIA SLAGG A V iewfinder 's Wife Car son, Calif. · . .. . Publisher Charles Clayton .Busin ess Manager Sharo n Clayton · General Manager Tom Culp . . · Managing Ed it or John Bet hea · .. . . . Editor David Swift . · Assistant Editor Art Friedman · Advertising Manager Ed Drechsler .Advertising Assistant Barbara Richard • Circu lat ion Manager Rheba Smit h · Circulat ion Assistant MarlaTarbet · Circu lat ion Assistant AI Duke . . . Jim Brooks . Circulation Prom o t ion Mgr. · Prod uct ion Manager Paul Boudreau · Prod uct io n Assistant Howie Fowler . .Lab Technician Larry Groves . · . . .. Typographer Marion Hatashita · . . . . Bookkeeper Dorothea Lang . Eleanor Duke .. . Bookkeeping Assistant Beverly Townsend · . . . . Reception ist Bobi Culp . . . . . . .Cycle News Prod ucts National Advertising Director (Cycle News West, Cycle News East, Cycl e News Dix ie) : T om Culp . Cycle News West, P.O . Bo x 4 98, Long Beach, Califo rnia 90801. (2 13) 4 27 ·7433 ; L.A . 636-8844 . TELEX NO . 673474 Su b scrip t io n : • On e year, second class mail 2 years second cla ss mail 3 years, seco nd class ma il Singl e copy price S9 .00 S15.00 S18.00 $ .30 A LETT ER FROM POWER JOHNSON OF SANTA SUSA NA, PUBLIC L Y THAN K ING DON HOFFMAN AND "FREDDIE & HIS JEEP" FOR RESCUING HI M FROM THE DESERT AT 11 P.M. I w ould lik e t o thank IOO's M.C ., Don Hoffman and "Freddie & hi s Jeep " for pulling me out of th e desert at the Desert M.C . Hare & Hound, at I I at night! If they can help y ou at th is hour, I'll bet they su re run a good r ac e. Count m e in February 27 at their 100-mile Ha re Scrambles. POWER J OHNSO N No. 424T. Santa Susana, Calif. THAT'S RICH Just read Rich Hoffman's brilliant coverage of ACA Motocross event of February 13th. Where was h e when John Fa ckler came fro m the rear in three 500 Senior motos to take first place each time? Here's a boy who has been coming up through the ranks, and on his day of glory received not one word of recognition. Hoffman announced second and third place riders b ut di d not credit John Fackler. Let's given credit where credit is due. J. CLARK El Monte, Calif. Copy right@ Cycle News, Inc. 1972 all ri9h ts reserv ed I_iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ YOU GUESS IT I read in th e Lo s A ngeles Times ( Feb . 13, 19 72 ) an article about th e desert. Accord ing to th e Times, th e desert is being dest ro yed by man an d m ach ine. T he machine is, yo u guess it, the motorcycl e! _ On th e fir st p age on Section C o f th e Ti me s is an 8x101'1 " picture of th e sta rt of the Barsto w t o Vegas Run. What d o es this say to the genera l public abou t b ike ? It say s MOTORCYCL ES ARE BAD! On th e t op of th e p ap er in lar ge p rin t it says th e desert is threat ened b y man and machin e. It says the d esert is worn o ut because of people. Ecology is a good th ing! I agree. Bu t , you can o ver-do it . Wh at is the use of TH E THRILL IS ON A ND ON AN D. . . After readi n g ab out this " nin e riders o n a Ho daka" t hing. I d ecid ed it was time th e tru th be k no wn abo ut t he cancellatio n of th e T ulare h alf-m ile some t im e back. A Sonny Ken yon-tuned BSA, with no less th an 12 rid ers, roll ed o ut to quali fy . Many National number s co uld b e seen sandwiched on said machine. Although th e rul e bo ok says th at no mo re th an o ne rid er may q ua lify on th e same bike, noth ing said th ey co uld n ot quali fy at the same time o n o ne bike. Na turally, t hey Set fast ti mes I th rough 12 a nd did not wave off. S ince t he riders could no t change SA V IOURS OF TH E SAGE I wo u ld lik e to th an k the peop le in th e red truck at th e S. B.V.M.C. race January 3 0 fo r h elping m y husb and and ta king his bi ke back to o ur p its. Than ks also to fe llo w clu b me m bers who st opped racin g a nd st ayed with him until w e could ge t him o ut of th e d esert an d t o the hospital. There was no R escue 3 o ut that week end an d m y husb and said if he eve r races again , h e would not race unless Rescu e 3 was th er e . T hey sure d o a su per job. LO UIS E R EID ER MA RTY R EID ER So . Cal. M.C . YAY, SRA On th e SRA En duro at Calico , I was out co ld when a young b o y an d his dad sto pped to help me . I 'd like to thank t hem I don ' t th in k I d id at t he time (I was so dizzy) . Their n u mber was 143 o r 149, I th ink. _ Also , thanks t o the sheriff who b ent m y b ars b ack fo r me . It. was a fu n run and S RA di d a go od j ob . CAROL ANASTASIO D IGGI NG DIRT I a m wr i t m g t his le tter of appreciat io n t o yo u o n b eh alf of t he three cl u bs th at put o n th e ' Desert (H i Vis t a area) Clea n Up ' J an uary 26, 19 72. The three clu bs were the L ost Angels , So . Cal. , a nd Dirt Diggers. The p eople th at helped in th e p ro ject did a beautif u l job and had a good time doing it . We fille d an aband o ne d min e shaft , a 4 0 cu bic yard tra sh container , and st acked eno ugh tras h next to it to fill two o thers . Th e residents were very pleased and asked u s t o ride in th at ar ea an y t im e we d esired . The she riff's d epartment h ad a ca r there to help, and th e Highway Patrol d ropped by a lso . We also had write-ups in th e Evening Outlo ok and L.A. Times. We star ted our cl ea n up at 10 a.m . and aske d th at eve ryone re t urn by 2 p .m. fo r the draw in g of prizes that yo u and other companies had co nt rib uted . It was beau tifu l, everyone smi ling and p itc hing in. I b elieve th e b iggest smile came fro m the fe eling of all of us worki ng toge ther fo r a common cause an d fro m showing that we love and resp ect o ur places to ride with our friends and fa milies. So u nds corny to so me, but true to those of us that accept the challenge to try and save our areas to ride now and in th e futu re. E. BRUCE J OC HI M Dirt Diggers M.C. Publ ished weekly e xcept th e first and last week of the calendar yea r by Cycle News, Inc ., Post Office Bo x 498 , Long Beach, Ca liforn ia . Also publishers of Cycle News East, a nd Dixie Cycle News . Second Class Postage pa id at Long Beach , Cal if. Ed it o rial stories, cartoons , ph o tos, etc. are welcome . Ad d ressed, st am ped en velope assures return of edi torial matter . Reprinting in whole o r in part only b y permission of t he publi shers. Ad vert ising rates an d circulation information will be sent u pon re q uest. Se e S .R .D .S . BOO,SRA VO ICES O THE WEST F land if it can't b e us ed? If the land is so ,delicat e , then maybe we should ban p e opl e ! Then maybe th e d esert wouldn't be ruined. T he d esert is there t o b e used b y peop le t o hav e fun . J ust rem ember to keep it clean for the o ther guy, b ecau se that o ther guy just migh t wri te ano t her article like t h e one in th e T imes. MIKE THATCHE R Diamond Bar, Calif. FREEDOM IN CALIFORNIA? In loo king for a place to ride, I discovered eSott>7:.fd:- - - -

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